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Post office box rental receipt
Description:
The renter of the post office box number 70 at the Old Mystic, Connecticut, post office received this record of a ten-cent payment rendered for the lease period April 1 to July 1, 1903. The postmaster's name, A. H. Hinkley, appears stamped on the lower right corner. This New London county post office was established on May 29, 1890.
The verso of the receipt instructs postal patrons that including their return address on their envelopes would speed the item’s return to sender if the need arose.
Reference:
Patera, Alan H. The Post Offices of Connecticut. Burtonsville, MD: The Depot, 1977.
Date:
April 1 - July 1, 1898
Markings:
No. 1538. / Box No. 70 / To Old Mystic Post Office, Dr. / TO BOX RENT / From Apr 1 to Jul 1, 1903, $10c / Received Payment. / A. H. Hinckley, P.M.
Verso: DON'T! / Don't mail your letter or valuable package with- / out having your own address written or printed / upon the upper left hand corner. / This will insure its return to you if not deliv - / ered, and will prevent its being sent to and opened / at the Dead-Letter Office. / 5-3407
Medium:
paper; ink
Dimensions:
7.0 x 14.0 cm (2.75 x 5.5 in.)
Museum ID:
2002.2005.3
Place:
Connecticut
Collection:
Glossary
